Jack back but All Blacks make no other changes to pack

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SPECULATION has been rife this week that the New Zealand pack would undergo a makeover before facing South Africa in the most climactic of quarter-finals at the Telstra Dome here on Saturday. But John Mitchell, the All Blacks coach, knows his side and he is happy. The only amendment to the XV that started last Sunday’s wonderful pool game with Wales is at lock, where Chris Jack returns at the expense of Brad Thorn.

Thorn is unlucky but the athletic Jack, recovered from a damaged ankle, was always going to bring his greater experience to bear against the Springboks, as